Hu Angang was born in 1953, is a Representative of the 18 CPC National Congress, and now serves as the Dean of the Institute of Contemporary China Studies of Tsinghua University, Professor of School of Public Policy and Management of Tsinghua University, and Ph.D. supervisor. He is one of the pioneers and leading authorities in the realm of Contemporary China Studies, enjoying a great reputation in and outside China. He is also a member of the Advisory Committee for the Thirteenth, Twelfth and Eleventh Five-Year Plans under NDRC, and members of other social organizations. He established and led the Institute for Contemporary China Studies of Tsinghua University, which was selected as the first 25 National High-level Think Tanks. He edited National Research Report, more than 1300 issues of which were submitted to leaders of Central Committee of Communist Party, Ministers of State Council and Provincial leaders.